Innholdsfortegnelse for 2022-11-26 i Pretoria News Weekend

Kim Kardashian is “not bothered” by Pete Davidson’s relationship with Emily Ratajkowski. The 42-year-old star split from Davidson, 29, earlier this year, and she is said to be relaxed about the comedian’s burgeoning romance with Ratajkowski. A source shared: “Kim is not bothered by Pete and Emily’s relationship and knows that things were over between her and Pete. She wants everyone to live their best lives and be happy.” Kardashian is now “trying to focus on herself and her kids’ happiness”. The brunette beauty – who has North, 9, Saint, 6, Chicago, 4, and Psalm, 3, with Kanye West – is also “continuing to do her best” when it comes to co-parenting with the rap star. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, the insider added: “She has been leaning on her very…

THE dream of Isipingo Beach in KwaZulu-Natal resident not to hear his Muslim neighbours “call to prayer” (the Azaan) five times a day, especially at 3.30am, has been shattered. This week, the Supreme Court of Appeal overturned an earlier order interdicting the Madrasah Taleemuddeen Islamic Institute from disturbing their neighbour’s sleep. Durban High Court Judge Sidwell Mngadi earlier ruled that the Madrasah must ensure that calls to prayer made from its property were not audible within the buildings of Chandra Ellaurie’s property 20m away. Unhappy with the ruling, the Madrasah took the matter on appeal and won their case. Judge Nambitha Dambuza gave Ellaurie an earful in her judgment for his stance towards Islam. She remarked that “his motivation for pursuing litigation was not advancement of constitutional justice, but…

TWINS born prematurely and underweight will experience their first Christmas with their parents after a rocky start to their lives. During the trying times, little did the parents know the healing power of cuddles and so-called kangaroo care would be a big part of their babies’ recovery. “Our twins, Aryan and Arianna, were delivered early at 33 weeks and were small babies; one was under 2kg and the other just over 2kg,” Nourah Wax, their mother, said. The babies were born 10 months ago and had to remain in hospital for weeks after their birth. The newborn boy and girl were having difficulty breathing and had to be transferred to the specialised neonatal unit at the Netcare Garden City Hospital in Johannesburg. “These are my first children, and it…

The second US-Africa Leaders’ Summit is set to take place from December 13 to 15 in Washington, DC, after an eight-year hiatus. The first took place in 2014 convened by then-US president Barack Obama. The summit will come four months after US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken unveiled the US Strategy Towards Sub-Saharan Africa during his visit to Pretoria in August. The purpose of the summit is to forge and nurture a strong partnership between the US and Africa that share wide-ranging geopolitical and economic interests, including peace and security and socio-cultural development. It will also be an opportunity for the US to provide more information on its Sub-Saharan African strategy which as it stands, lacks concrete details. The US-Africa relationship is a highly strategic one and potentially mutually beneficial.…

Following the Fiduciary Institute of Southern Africa’s (Fisa’s) call on local banks to investigate their long lead time for releasing information to executors of deceased estates, and Personal Finance’s report on the matter, readers' letters have been pouring in. It seems the delays go much further than pure paperwork and are worse when the banks are the executors themselves. This report details the uphill tasks faced by family members trying to wrap up the affairs of their late loved ones at various financial institutions. Absa James Mentor, an accountant in practice at RHI Scheme Administrators in Cape Town, who assists families with deceased estates, shared a recent experience with Absa. As the agent to the executor of a certain deceased estate, he identified duplicate insurance premiums on a property in…

Last week, the Office of the Ombud for Financial Services Providers, better known as the FAIS Ombud (after the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, under which the ombud operates), released its annual report for the 2021/22 financial year. The report holds lessons for consumers and advisers, but first a few numbers. In the period covered in the report (April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022), the office received 11 827 complaints. This is not only higher than the 10 552 complaints received in the 2020/21 financial year, but the highest number received by the office since it was established two decades ago. The Acting Ombud, Nonku Tshombe, says in the report: “This was seen as a positive development, testifying to the efforts to expand the awareness and understanding of…

DRIVEN by passion and a love for sport from a young age inspires netball coach Emily Mathosa to always put effort in her chosen craft. She is the coach for the South African team which will travel to Lilongwe for the 2022 Region V Games. The team has more than 250 individuals across 11 sporting codes. The Malawi games are scheduled for December 2 to 12. Mathosa said she was excited about the upcoming games, and she and her team members had been waiting for them for a while. “I’m really excited about the tournament. We are looking forward to it. I’ll be making sure the team does well together with my assistant coach throughout the tournament.” She said she was looking forward to leading the girls into and through…

Football is the biggest sport in the world and the fanfare extends far beyond the pitch. The revolution of digital technology has seen the beloved game playing out on social media, with fans from every corner of the globe passionately discussing, debating and analysing every aspect of a match. And with the Fifa World Cup under way in Qatar, there are entertainment elements to the game to keep fans constantly engaged with the sport. Acclaimed Kenyan comedian Arap Uria is just one of many football content creators but his creative and unique videos have made him stand out from the crowd. Uria has carved a niche for himself on social media by creating videos of himself imitating the celebrated English football commentator Peter Drury. He was even acknowledged by the…

Higher education remains one of the most highly contested terrains of struggle and this has been so since democratic South Africa’s first minister of education, Professor Sibusiso Bhengu, took charge of the National Commission on Higher Education, which was appointed by president Nelson Mandela in 1995. The commission had the clear goal of redressing past inequalities by transforming the higher education system so that the new system could respond directly to new realities and opportunities. Although there has been progress in admitting students to a range of universities, particularly those students from poor communities, not everyone is able to obtain a post- matric qualification and those who finally complete it don’t do so in good time. It appears that less than 35% of those who gain access graduate from a…

Developed nations agreed to set up a “loss-and-damage” fund to compensate vulnerable nations for climate change-related disasters at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, last Sunday. Will the new initiative fly, unlike the broken $100 billion Copenhagen promise of climate finance? “There are quite a few environmentalists celebrating victory on the loss-and-damage fund. But I think tough questions must be asked,” Dr Patrick Bond, professor at the University of Johannesburg’s Department of Sociology, political ecologist and scholar of social mobilisation, told Sputnik. “If we’re not careful, loss and damage funding will fit tightly inside climate finance, an industry that is full of the kinds of disreputable characters we’ve come to know from the most volatile sector of the world economy: international banking. “The climfin (climate finance) professionals began practising their sport…

The South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) met for the last time this year to decide on the repurchase agreement rate (repo rate) in the country. On Thursday, Lesetja Kganyago, South Africa's central bank governor, announced the latest decision. Keeping with SARB’s trend all year, Kganyago announced that the repo rate would increase by 75 basis points, taking the repo rate in the country from 6.25% to 7%. This means that the prime lending rate in the country will increase from 9.75% to 10.50%. Before the governor’s announcement, a consortium of 18 out of 20 economists and academics from Finder.com suggested that the SARB would most likely increase the interest rate. According to Finder, more than half of their experts, when polled, expected the SARB to…

LANKY lock Ruan Nortje will lead a strong Bulls side against the visiting Ospreys today while recent arrival Nizaam Carr will get his first run since returning to Pretoria from a stint with Wasps in England. Stravino Jacobs moves to left wing with David Kriel on the right and Wandisile Simelane starts at full-back, supported by the inside and outside centre pairing of Lionel Mapoe and Harold Vorster. Coach Jake White said that Nortje continues to grow as a player and a leader and is a natural choice to captain the team in the absence of Marcell Coetzee. “As a lock he is still going to grow, he’s only 24, but there is no doubt that he will thrive in the role. I am looking forward to seeing him as…

Summer is the perfect time to explore the beauty that our planet has to offer. With all things bright and beautiful, everything comes alive at this time of the year. The nice thing about travelling in summer is the guarantee of warm weather and long hours of daylight. Here are seven summer destinations to explore for your next adventure; book now for the northern hemisphere summer. Cappadocia, Turkey Cappadocia is known for its unique rock formations that have caves with ancient Islamic inscriptions. This city is the perfect place for a romantic honeymoon, a trip with family, or even a solo backpacking adventure. The hot air ballooning capital of the world is a place of exotic culture and fascinating history of Turkey. Explore its labyrinthine underground cities, caves, and ravines.…

US RAPPER Rick Ross flew into Zimbabwe last Friday for his maiden performance at the Harare International Conference Centre. While the attention has been on the Maybach Music Group boss and ROAR Entertainment, the organisers of his maiden concert, flowers are due to Irene Koki Mutungi who flew Rick Ross’s plane. Captain Mutungi took to her official Twitter account to thank the biggest boss for choosing to fly with her. She wrote: “Hanging out 43 000ft with the business mogul, rapper, the boss Ricky Rozay @RickRoss. It was a pleasure flying you.” But who is Mutungi? She is a professional pilot from Kenya and was the first woman on the African continent to become certified as a captain of the Boeing 787 “Dreamliner” aircraft. As a trailblazer, Mutungi’s career has…

“WE DON’T don’t need a handful of people doing zero waste perfectly, we need millions of people doing it imperfectly,” said Anne Marie Bonneau. Dynamic duo and owners of Africa Organics, Kyle and Brigitte Hartley, believe that sustainability and environmental preservation start at home. “Southern Africa is home to a quarter of the world’s plant species and is one of the four biodiversity hot spots of the world,” says Brigitte. “Our range is based on wild-harvested African plants. Wild-harvested ingredients have the added benefit of being free from harmful agricultural chemicals and tend to contain higher levels of active compounds. Our goal is to share the benefits of Africa’s rich biodiversity with the rest of the world.” Africa Organics recently won the Dutch Beauty award for the second year in…

A WOMAN has lost her legal bid to not share half of her pension benefits with her ex-husband who she said saw her as a “cash cow”. She felt he had squandered most of his pension when he was paid out and thus did not deserve to have a share of hers. But Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, Judge Colleen Collis disagreed. She said it appeared that the husband did pay off some of the common household debts when he received his pension, and bought necessities such as school uniforms for the children. Thus, the judge said, the wife had to pay the husband about R1.2m (half of her government pension) as part of the divorce settlement. The husband, on the other hand, had used his pension earlier when he left…

YOUTH have great potential and capacities and an appropriate education is the most effective way to harness this potential and empower them to build better communities and a peaceful world. An effective education would empower our youth to act in the long-term interests of humanity as a whole. “The future of today’s society will depend to a great extent on the manner in which educational programmes and methods are designed to release the latent potential of youth and prepare them for the world they will inherit. “The connection between education and individual and collective well-being is well established,” says the Bahái International Community in one of its statements. It is, of course, true that the future of our societies depends on the youth of today. But they are very much…

AFTER a personal journey of discovery, Aurora Krotoa Moses, 21, successfully took on the Unisa when the university refused to change her race classification from “coloured” to “African”. Moses, a psychology and criminology student, said she started identifying as Khoisan in 2019 after a journey of personal discovery and research, and a therapy session with her social worker in 2020 sparked her will to stand up for herself and her identity. “It’s been a journey; there was this module I did at Unisa, a political module about critical reasoning. It helped me to ask questions critically, ‘Why do I have this label? I did my research and went into history, my heritage.” The label “coloured” did not sit well with her, she said, as she felt it robbed her of…

The story of gender-based violence (GBV) in South Africa is a story of a nation that is at war with the women and children of this country, President Cyril Ramaphosa said recently. South Africans have become inured to the horrors of statistics and headlines that have come to characterise the country as one of the rape capitals of the world. Notwithstanding the overwhelming compassion fatigue arising from the headlines and statistics, it is worth repeating that one in five women has experienced physical violence by a partner, according to Statistics South Africa’s 2021 Crimes Against Women in South Africa report. Even more sobering is the fact that more than 10 000 cases of rape were reported between July and September this year, according to the SAPS. These statistics are chilling,…

Gone are the days when men used to be the only ones taking care of the family’s finances. Today women are independent and are often the key financial decision makers in the home, making decisions on everything from the household budget to investments, medical aid, and life insurance. While no-one wants to think about the prospect of a divorce or a spouse’s death, prevention is always better than cure. If you are happily married or in a long-term relationship, ensure you have sufficient cover in place not only to protect your assets from outstanding debt and duties on death, but also your recurring expense needs. Look to various legal structures, for example trusts, in which you can house income-generating assets to ensure continuity if your spouse dies. The same applies…

I need to pay for my child’s school fees for 2023. The school has offered a 10% discount if we can pay the full yearly cost upfront. I would need to borrow this money from my home loan (I have a flexi option), which I think is worth it if I’m getting a 10% discount. What is your advice on how to go about this? Should I rather look at borrowing the money elsewhere? Name withheld Shreekanth Sing, wealth adviser at PSG Wealth, Northcliff, responds: A home and, for that matter, your children’s education are significant investments, and like all investments, they need to be managed appropriately in order to make sure you get the best possible return. We need to look at this decision as part of your holistic…

THE 2022 World Cup has already seen two upsets as former champions Argentina and Germany suffered 2-1 defeats at the hands of Asian teams Saudi Arabia and Japan so far. Today, we look at five of the biggest World Cup upsets in history. 5. Germany 7-1 Brazil (2014) It was not surprising that Germany beat Brazil in the semi-final of the 2014 World Cup but it was embarrassing that Brazil went down so badly on home soil in a tournament where they were the favourites. Germany had the five times World Champions 5-0 down after 30 minutes. The game slowed down in the second half but they still added two more goals. 4. France 0-1 Senegal (2002) France entered this game as the reigning World and European Champions and were…